Identify your North American Native Fish

[Skipjack]

Yep, you are up. I find it very interesting that they inhabit riffles, found it right along side darters, and stonecats.

 

[rjmtx]

That Flathead had to be tiny... what was it, 3" or so?
Here's another... but I don't have any good pics here. This is another pic from school of a fish that I have caught in the Frio River in Texas. This week I'm gonna try to load up on my own pics (you'll be seeing a lot more of my hand).

 

[Skipjack]

Could you pick a more non descript fish? Ghost shiner?

 

[rjmtx]

Nope. There's one trait that really sets this one apart... You midwesterners might have seen it before, too.

 

[teleost]

Hybopsis amnis (Pallid shiner)

 

[rjmtx]

Good guess, but no. Sorry, this is a tough one being just a silver fish... The melanophores are the answer.

 

[Skipjack]

Sand shiner? Mimic shiner?

 

[rjmtx]

Right on. Sand Shiner it is. No more little silver fish after this...

 

[Skipjack]

Ha! That was sort of a joke, I always have trouble differentiating between the two.

 

[rjmtx]

Is it a Stripeback Darter? Percina notogramma